Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took day without work from working the nation on Wednesday to rejoice Valentines Day by proposing to his associate, Jodie Haydon.
Albanese introduced the engagement on Thursday with a selfie picture of the beaming couple with the caption “She mentioned sure” on social media.
Within the picture, Haydon wears an engagement ring that her fiancée helped designed.
“It’s such a pleasure to have the ability to discovered a associate who I wish to spend the remainder of my life with,” Albanese mentioned in a Thursday interview on Sky.
After a Valentine’s Day date at an Italian restaurant, Albanese popped the query on a balcony on the Prime Minister’s official residence in Canberra.
Haydon, who labored for a few years within the pension fund business, mentioned she was overwhelmed by the congratulations the couple had obtained.
“I simply wish to thank everyone for such heat congratulations at present, from our buddies to our household, from those who we do not know,” she mentioned within the Sky interview.
The couple first met at an occasion in Melbourne in early 2020 and their engagement is the primary for a first-rate minister whereas in workplace, native media reported.
Opposition chief Peter Dutton, usually a fiery critic, congratulated the couple in parliament and mentioned he seemed ahead to “our model” of the royal wedding ceremony.
“I will be there throwing roses on the market in entrance of you Prime Minister, no matter it takes to get an invitation to the gala wedding ceremony,” he mentioned.
Cupboard ministers took to social media to congratulate the couple. Overseas Minister Penny Wong, who has identified Albanese for many years, mentioned “love is a good looking factor” in a social media publish.
